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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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By Register Online Staff

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Below are the national endorsements to date from the Napa Valley Register editorial board for the Nov. 4 General Election.

President — John McCain. McCain has the experience and the ability to lead this country in a time of enormous challenges and uncertainty, and his policy proposals in several areas are superior to those of his dynamic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. (Read more)

Congress — Mike Thompson. In his 10 years in Congress, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, has worked hard for constituents in the Napa Valley and around his district, has climbed the congressional ladder and earned the opportunity to have voters return him to Washington, D.C., for the 111th Congress. (Read more)

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38 comment(s)

jimmie wrote on Oct 24, 2008 7:50 AM:

" Kinda surprised the NVR wants to annex Bush for another round. I know there a lot of conservatives 'round here -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- but McCain's era ended in the previous century. The WW2 ideologies don't work anymore. Just one person's opinion. "

elb wrote on Oct 24, 2008 8:13 AM:

" Let's get something straight; The system is the system. Sure there are people who abuse it and line their own pockets through serpent-like maneuvers or flat out law breaking endeavors. Do you think that won't happen under Obama's Redistribution of Wealth plan? Ha! Right!

The change that needs to happen is that those people who break the laws actually get punished! Other than that... The free enterprise system is not broken.

Through Free Enterprise, If you want to be wealthy.... YOU TOO CAN BE WEALTHY!

The only problem I see here is that some people just ain't smart enough or determined enough to get off their bums and go make their own money.

Apparently, people who vote Obama don't want to work for a living? They'd rather just yell, "Gimme Gimme!"

The Democratic Distribution Center is not the Answer to Free Enterprise. The Democratic Distribution Center is NOT the ANSWER To a Free America.

If Obama wins then you better get ready to start sporting the mark of the beast 'cause eventually that's the only thing that will allow you to collect your redistributed share of the wealth in what was once a great nation! "

NapaConservative wrote on Oct 24, 2008 8:33 AM:

" Good call NVR McCain is definently the best choice for America! Keep up the good work! "

krlund wrote on Oct 24, 2008 8:56 AM:

" It's about time that a newspaper has guts to be honest in a recommendation in this liberal puke state. "

supernova8610 wrote on Oct 24, 2008 10:34 AM:

" Ditto that, krlund. "

Rich wrote on Oct 24, 2008 10:53 AM:

" I would be interested in hearing just what thompson has done for us, guess I must have missed that.
On the other hand, McCain is the proper choice. Good Job. "

jimmie wrote on Oct 24, 2008 11:04 AM:

" Get ready for change, repubs. Remember the days of a surplus? Your 8 years burned that up and puked all over my kids future. Please explain that one and save your vitriol, please. Just being louder doesn't make it a good argument.

I'll take a free America with a surplus any day. I work, pay taxes, have kids, am paying off a home in beautiful Napa and love my country. "

C'mon reg get it right wrote on Oct 24, 2008 11:45 AM:

" Hey now krlund and supernova if you think CA is a liberal puke state then leave. We may be liberal but we have got it alot better then some others.
Oh and if NVR can't get alot of their local stories correct then why should I trust them to make a good call on the election. Their best reporting is on high school athletics did those editors make the McCain call? "

flacoman wrote on Oct 24, 2008 2:59 PM:

" If McCain is elected, we'd better pray he has good health. Sarah Palin makes Dan Quale look like Thomas Jefferson. But the bar has been lowered so much in the last eight years that it's unlikely anyone would notice. "

wyngyrl wrote on Oct 24, 2008 4:10 PM:

" When I looked yesterday, Senator Obama had 117 newspaper endorsements, Senator McCain had 30. Obama's list included the Seattle Times, Portland Oregonian, Idaho Statesman, SF Chronicle, LA Times, Denver Post, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and 106 others. Today - New York Times, which is no surprise. Pretty good slice of American, but hey they might all be wrong and the Napa Valley Register could be right! But probably not. "

wyngyrl wrote on Oct 24, 2008 4:32 PM:

" Friday update: Obama 134. McCain: 52
I forgot the Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Salt Lake City Tribune, Atlanta J-C, Detroit Free Press, both Philadelphia papers, and St. Louis/Kansas City. All for Obama. I'm just saying..... "

mytwocents wrote on Oct 24, 2008 8:37 PM:

" elb said...Apparently, people who vote Obama don't want to work for a living? They'd rather just yell, "Gimme Gimme!"

WRONG! I work 50 hours a week, I pay plenty of taxes and I am voting for OBAMA/BIDEN-08 because this great country can not afford 4 more years of the same bull that has put us into a near depression! "

hudds5 wrote on Oct 25, 2008 7:53 AM:

" What a "Maverick" move by the NVR to endorse McCain-Palin. I also noticed that the NVR is in support of Prop 7, which in Palin's opinion, there is "no global warming".

Support Obama for a better America. "

nadina wrote on Oct 25, 2008 1:30 PM:

" McCain promoted the Iraq war despite all his "experience". Iraq had nothing to do with 911 and thus he is one more responsible for all the lost soldiers! I do not trust him to make presidential decisions-poor choice Napa Register "

anticommie wrote on Oct 26, 2008 7:52 AM:

" jimmie wrote on Oct 24, 2008 11:04 AM:

" Get ready for change, repubs. Remember the days of a surplus?"

jimmie:

Cant have a REAL surplus when the country is TRILLIONS of dollars in debt to itself. It was under Clinton too. Remember? The buget was balanced though, in part by the REPUBLICAN controlled Congress. It's called bipartisanship. It used to work a little bit. "

gocal wrote on Oct 26, 2008 8:30 AM:

" " McCain promoted the Iraq war despite all his "experience". I do not trust him to make presidential decisions-poor choice Napa Register "

I am a vet and a Obama/Biden supporter.

"Iraq had nothing to do with 911 and thus he is one more responsible for all the lost soldiers!"

No one joins the armed forces by force or a draft. I and every other man and woman joins on their own FREE will get it straight and stop blaming others for the lost lives. They do not have join. IT IS A FREE COUNTRY REMEMBER. Just to let you know I don't trust Mccain or Palin. "

Napan since 1965 wrote on Oct 26, 2008 8:48 AM:

" WOW!! Looks like the liberals, stung by the NV Register's wise endorsement of McCain, are out in force this morning. GO, McCAIN/PALIN!!! "

amcanresident wrote on Oct 26, 2008 9:28 AM:

" Are you serious? Mccain? This must be the only newspaper in the bay area that gives Mccain an endorsement. This newspaper is out of touch just as the administration is today. NVR, Obama will win Napa County 60-68%, you are writing for Napa County not the Central Valley. "

wyngyrl wrote on Oct 26, 2008 1:45 PM:

" Sunday update: the Anchorage Daily News has just endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President! LOL!! Apparently they feel the selection of Governor Palin as VP is more than a bit too risky. Plus, they feel Obama will be a better President. Way to go Alaska! The NV Register continues to be a bad joke..... "

Joe wrote on Oct 26, 2008 2:45 PM:

" Anyone who thinks Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 doesn't know much. Even if they didn't there was still plenty of reason to invade and help out the citizens there who were being terrorized by a evil dictator. We need to help out less fortunate countries to better the world. Many Americans just want to sit back and watch other countries suffer while Great Britan,Canada and France are always the first to help less fortunate countries. Like in WW2 when the US didn't enter for years after Canada had been over in Europe helping out. I for one would like to see the US be more brave like Canada. George W Bush is brave and has shown it. Unlike Clinton who never retaliated after all the previous attacks by AL Queda. "

diehard4ever wrote on Oct 26, 2008 5:11 PM:

" Oh, so those of you who call McCain BUsh II didn't hear that he bashed Bush? Go figure... "

hawkins707 wrote on Oct 26, 2008 5:28 PM:

" Awfully darn noble of the Register to endorse McCain. I was sure it was going to read osama. McCain is such the obvious choice here, yet the race is tight. McCain is the most prepared of the two BY FAR. I don't even like the guy but he would be a much safer choice, leaving aside personal ideologies. The man was a POW for over five freaking years, the other organized a community. Where's the confusion? "

jonb3333 wrote on Oct 26, 2008 7:22 PM:

" No surpeise that thr NVR would endorse REPUBLICANS...
What a joke.
They brought us down this low.
How Lowwww can we go?
No republicans, no democrats.
they only look out for the rich... "

mominapa wrote on Oct 27, 2008 7:50 AM:

" I was going to say the same thing as "MYTWOCENTS". I work every day and have since I was 19 years old. I support myself, and I supported my two children all alone. It was because of people like Barack Obama (and Bill Clinton) that I was able to do that. Liberals have always been kinder to the poorer citizens and while I'm not on the streets, I'm not high income, yet I do not take food stamps or any public assistance. I could qualify for it, but if I can make it on my own, why ask for help when that help can go to people less fortunate than I am? I drive an old car, commute to work and work very hard toward what I hope someday will be a nice retirement. It won't be a rich one, but hopefully, when I leave California I will be able to continue to support myself with no more public assistance than Social Security. I sure can't do that here. "

WatchDoggie wrote on Oct 27, 2008 8:28 AM:

" Question: Why is it that the Republicans are so afraid of a redistribution of wealth? Last I looked, the red states were dirt poor. I will never understand why so many "six-packers" are so concerned about a tax hike on the rich!?! Could the reasonable be as simple as gullability to republican rhetoric??
What is equally as unfathomable is the endorsement of the Napa Register. Journalists are notorious realists and not likely susceptible to the nonsense rhetoric, dirty tricks and fear mongering that have kept the republican party in the White House for eight years, and which McCain continues to practice; unless this is not an endorsement of the Register at all, but uniquely of the Publisher by mandate. If this is in fact the fiat of a single person or a power bloc in the Big Boss' Office, the Register should say so.

p.s. - You are alienating and even repulsing ~65% of your readership by this absurd endorsement. "

SFSister wrote on Oct 27, 2008 9:17 AM:

" I am bummed, but not surprised to see the Napa Register endorsing John McCain. Did you know that even the largest newspaper in ALASKA (The Anchorage Daily News) has endorsed Barack Obama, instead of the ticket of their so-called beloved Sarah Palin? Not to mention the other 168 that have endorsed him, including 35 that have flipped from previously endorsing President Bush. Also, the Chicago Tribune has endorsed their first Democrat ever. (TheDailyBeast.com) If you can't guess who it is, it's Barack Obama.

We're a blue state, start acting like it, Napans! Are you looking for tax cuts? Barack Obama is cutting taxes for 95% of the country, anyone making less than $250,000 a year. I know that as the snobs of Northern California, we would all like to pretend that his tax hikes will affect us but apart from the Mondavis and the Trefethens, most of us are just working class stiffs. Joe-six-packs, if you will. Get a clue, Napans. Barack is the right choice, unless you want eight more years of failed policies and bad decisions. "

korikill wrote on Oct 27, 2008 9:36 AM:

" This is NOT the endorsement of the NVR, Ms Speth says so herself. It is her endoesement.

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/10/14/news/local/doc48f4004c459be540848833.txt

“At the end of the day, the publisher’s role is to make a final decision if there is not a consensus,” Speth said.

“I made the final decision, and I stand behind the process, and I welcome the conversation to continue on the Editorial page and on our Web site.”

HERE IS MY QUESTION, MS SPETH:
WHAT WAS THE VOTE? "

steph wrote on Oct 27, 2008 9:42 AM:

" Mike Thompson voted for the bailout.

So I voted against him.

I also voted against too-old say-anything McCain and his inexperienced but adorable running partner. I also voted against the polished politician who will raise taxes named Obama and his can't-think-before-I-open-my-mouth running partner. All these folks are part of one big machine. Same thing, different day.

That makes me a loser x 2.

Darn it!

But I'll sleep better knowing I did the right thing. "

JimClark wrote on Oct 27, 2008 11:51 AM:

" I am going to write in my own name as I find the current mentalities unworthy of occupying our White House. I’m old enough to say I have them come and go. What our current candidates do seems to use television to get their message out. I believe sleaze is a word to consider.
The current economic problems are a shining example. The President of The United States has no Constitutional power to legislate. Our/Your Congress creates legislation as well as our States. Since The People do not have a proper public education, they cannot use The Constitution or the documents that gave us THE Law of our land. Once graduated from High School, Sunday night football, pizza and beer is more important. Television offerings are the opinion makers for these people. One question; who gave us the Federalist and what impact did it have on the American Mind? "

dire-wolf wrote on Oct 28, 2008 6:11 AM:

" " Anyone who thinks Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 doesn't know much. Even if they didn't there was still plenty of reason to invade and help out the citizens there who were being terrorized by a evil dictator." Joe, first of all Canada uses its troops sparingly and wisely, most often in peacekeeping roles. The connection between Iraq and 9/11? What evidence of this do you know about? Google "Habbush" to learn how our government was so desperate to make this connection it apparently forged a document. Our efforts are far from "helping the citizens"--more like financing their civil war, in which the Iranian backed Shiites appear to be gaining the upper hand thanks to our "help." "

Threekids wrote on Oct 28, 2008 11:29 AM:

" Thanks to your endorsement of John McCain, I will be signing up for your daily newspaper! Way to go! "

707jng wrote on Oct 28, 2008 11:57 AM:

" WOW I'm disgusted that you endorse McCain - I will never ever buy your paper and I'm seriously considering not reading it online anymore
I'm so very disappointed NVR. "

SODACYN wrote on Oct 28, 2008 12:17 PM:

" People can say whatever they want when they don't have to identify themselves. .. I bet most of these comments wouldn't exist if people had to admit THEIR endorsements publically. I don't think the register should endorse anyone - Afterall, isn't this a "news" paper? I am proud to be from the wonderful liberal "puke" state of California and am embarrased that my local news media is making such a huge statement for the benefit of the wealthy citizens in our fair county. - and my name is Susan Adams "

Brea wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:06 PM:

" Last time I checked we lived in "AMERICA" and free speech is one our our legal rights. To "WatchDoggie" who states "You are alienating and even repulsing ~65% of your readership by this absurd endorsement. " all I have to say to you is don't read the NVR.

Thank you NVR for endorsing McCain and consider me as one of your new customers. "

constant comment wrote on Oct 30, 2008 8:41 AM:

" Three cheers for the 1st amendment..the NVR endorsement of McCain has provided such dramatic comment. It's disheartening that for me, this is a "hold your nose and vote year". We need a leader with a strong economic background, but we'll probably never get him..he doesn't pander sufficiently to be popular with non-thinkers..NEWT GINGRICH for President! "

WatchDoggie wrote on Oct 31, 2008 9:32 AM:

" Excuse me, Brea, but no one is a greater advocate for civil rights (including free speech) than I. It always amazes me how hypocritical republicans can be when they give lip-service to civil rights (like free speech), then elect leaders like Bush and Cheney who have done far more to curtail civil rights in this country than any leaders in U.S. history.

And yes, I believe in free speech, Brea. Free speech in the context of this endorsement would be the true opinion of the editorial board, not the unilateral preference of the government (i.e. publisher).

And I will clarify my statement about "65% of your readership." You're right. Unfortunately, the NVR is not read by much of the population of the county. And you think that is a GOOD thing, Brea?!? And rather than make an effort to get in step with its community, who will OVERWHELMINGLY elect Obama, they continue to alienate and estrange the majority POTENTIAL readership of this community.

Yeh, that makes sense. "

angry citizen wrote on Nov 2, 2008 12:02 AM:

" Great for you, Napa Registar. I agree, McCain is the safe sensible choice for a strong leader who encourages people to achieve the American Dream. Feed a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a life time. "

SA91158 wrote on Nov 2, 2008 4:53 AM:

" Don't Be insaine and cast a vote toward McCain. Just bring down the homma (hammer) and cast your vote for our next President who goes by the last name of Obamma. "

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